Survive

We're creating a game first and foremost about your choices, and those choices determine your survival in this zombie-filled world. The goals you have are the goals you set. Scavenging, exploring, fortifying, building, barricading, and of course, fighting off the zombie hordes.

Explore

The world of The Dead Linger is randomly generated, and it is the size of a small planet. We don't simply mean it's large, we truly mean it's planet-sized. About 25,000 kilometers, to be exact. Every new world created will be different, and you can explore every inch of it, indoors and outdoors, every window, every door.

Fortify

You've found a hideout. Now what? Barricade it! Fortify it! Defend it! You probably need a place to keep your stuff. You might need a place to house your clan, or maybe you just like a particular building you found. If you choose, you can fortify and defend

With Friends

Supporting up to at least 16 players in a single world, The Dead Linger can be played solo or with a group of friends watching your back.

And Enemies

We're bringing Player vs. Player to the zombie apocalypse! Have you ever wanted to shoot it out through a massive city-scape, with zombies intermingling and causing chaos in between? The Dead Linger will feature solo, cooperative, and PvP game modes for whatever flavor you prefer.

We are asking for $60,000, a goal that will allow us a full-time development window of at least 6 months, on top of the 6 months we've already been working on it. We expect to have a polished Alpha release within 3 to 6 months.

Release Plan

In order to get TDL out there and into your hands as soon as we can, we're releasing the game once it is in a polished Alpha stage. Players will be able to buy it for a lower price during Alpha, play it, and give us feedback and suggestions. The game will eventually migrate into Beta stage, and then the final Release stage.

We want nothing more than to see The Dead Linger created. It's a game that we want to make, and we want to play. We want you to be a part of it.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $50 or more
About $50

For pledging $50 or more, you will receive a SECOND copy of The Dead Linger to give to a friend, girlfriend, boyfriend, pet, or grandparent. Plus the above rewards! (Note: Select either $50 reward. You still get both of them.)

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $100 or more
About $100

Small piece of game content named after you. (screenname or anonymous, if you prefer not to use your real name.) (Content such as a street sign, random store signs, or random graffiti found in the world) Plus the above rewards!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $1,000 or more
About $1,000

A game update named after you -- The "You" Update -- with a whole set of items named after you. Screenname/Nickname or anonymous is still allowed if you don't want to use your real name. Either way, you are a true hero and that should be celebrated! Plus the above rewards!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $2,000 or more
About $2,000

Get your likeness in the game! We'll take a photo of your head, put it on a character in the game, be it a commonly seen zombie, or the occasionally, hostile and crazed survivor (your choosing!) You and your friends will get to shoot yourself! Plus the above rewards!